“He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalms 18:19

Dear Father, It seems quite exciting and exhilarating to me to take a car out onto the salt flats and just open it up, to drive as if there were no one around and as if there were no danger to me or to anyone else. It seems quite exhilarating to settle down into a wide-open place without any walls closing in on me. It all seems extremely freeing to live without boundaries, without fears, without threats, without anything to limit what I would do or where I could go. In this world, however, Father, I feel the walls often closing in on me. I feel claustrophobic in a way. Things and sometimes even people threaten me and I can feel the walls closing in around me on every side. Fears of uncertain things cause me to tap the breaks on living on absolute freedom and fearlessly. Fear of the unknown causes me to round a corner quite cautiously. But Father, you invite me to live fearlessly and, in a way, recklessly. You have rescued me from all that threatens me. There are no walls closing in on me. There are no enemies surrounding me. There is nothing, nothing at all, that can truly threaten me. You have rescued me and brought me out into a spacious place where I can run, where I can live without fear of any danger. Fill my heart with the peace and confidence that comes from knowing that nothing, nothing at all can threaten me or destroy my peace. Give me boldness and courage to live without fear. You are my rock! You are seated on your throne! Nothing can threaten me. Amen.

When the walls are closing in and threats appear on the horizon, remember the rescue of your God and Savior. Who is like him? Who is a Rock like him? There is no one like our God.